BUYS WASHINGTON'S HEADQUARTERS TO PRESERVE IT

A FEW days ago a young American heard that Washington's headquarters at Dobbs Ferry would be sold within twenty-four hours to a brewer, who intended to turn this historic place into a roadhouse. The American had beer fascinated, even as a boy in Michigan with the old woodcut representation in Prescott's "History off the United States" showing the house in which General Washington. View Full Article in Timesmachine »

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A version of this archives appears in print on August 27, 1916, on Page FASHIONS4 of the New York edition with the headline: BUYS WASHINGTON'S HEADQUARTERS TO PRESERVE IT. Order Reprints|Today's Paper|Subscribe